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Thursday, January 26, 2012

I have been a tad lazy in recent mornings and haven't been taking lunch pictures. The dark and dreary (and often drizzly) mornings make me want to curl up and pull the covers back over my head. And sometimes that's exactly what I do. As a result, there isn't a lot of extra minutes for snapping pictures before packing up the backpacks and shoving the boys out the door.

But I came across some bento pics from recent weeks that I never posted. So here they are! It's their time to shine. Or at least, not be lost and forgotten in old picture files.

Judging by the bento pick with the ornament on it, this bento predates Christmas!

Second up, another Bynto box lunch: (I could have sworn I had posted this one! I can't find it on the blog though...still, I apologize if this one's a repeat!)- carrots and grapes in a jumbo silicone cup- turkey and cheddar cheese, cut into bunny head shapes- mini saltine crackers

To cut those bunny heads I used a small metal rice shaper tool, like this one.

Walmart sometimes has the Good Cook 3-pc cookie cutter set with an elephant. It's not as nicely defined as your Jello one, but it is still fun. I usually see it on an end cap near the produce/freezer section. There's also a sea animal themed one.This is what it looks like. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Good-Cook-3pc-Cookie-Cutter-Set/15376275 I have used the alligator cutter the most.

We have the Bynots and they close REALLY well, you just need to snap in the lid one compartment at the time. And from the evidence my 4yo doesn't have a problem opening hers. It is also great because my 12 yo will usually put it in his backpack as if it's a book without any issues.

Megan, the ones I have are 870ml/29oz/.9 qt. So cup-capacity would be around 3.5, I think.

The ones I have with the 4 boxes seem to be discontinued. They've been replaced with this style: http://bit.ly/TzGZAeThis one is listed as 800ml which is only marginally smaller than the old style. The biggest different here is that the four sections are in only two removable inserts and the "divider" on them extends higher, allowing less room for food to potentially spill from one section to another.